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MISS CHRISSIE WHITE.
,The popular
Hepworth
picture player,
tcho can
certainly boast
a "crowning
g!ory."
ONE of the biggest of the many difficulties
with which the film player so often comes in
contact, is the arrangement of her coiffure.
Of course, each part she plays calls for a new, or
distinctive style of hairdressing, and so the film
actress has to make a comprehensive study of the
art of making her "crowning glory" fit in with
the moods and ml\nner~ms pf thll character "he is
creating.
~Iy hair is £o,i .. , and h"8 just sufficicnt tcndcnc.y
to curl to make it possible for me to dress It
"prettily" when I am called upon to do all I can
to make the adjuncts of II- smut gcwn or an evening
frock as typical and consistent as possible. But
that is a comparatively simple achievement
comparpd with the demands whieh a "character"
part makes on one. For inIrl;ance, when I was
playing Anne in Towards the Light, I had to strain
my hair back, and no vestige of 11. curl or crinkle
had to appear, the effect w.anted being·that of a.
very simple country girl..-who ha.d no idea of the
cultivation of "style" or how to make the best
of herself, and certainly did not know what a
"onderful asset woman has in the possession of a.
good he~d of hair-diploma.tic.ally managed.
And, just as in the case of hats Sdld gowns, a
coiffure that might appear .alluring ACCording to
its reflection in ypur dressing-room mirror, will
probably photograph very" fiat" and uninteresting,
~nd it takes a film artiste some time to discover
just which twist and which tum is going to make
the difference between a successful and a mundane
screen coiffure.
One has, too, to remember that the effect of a
gown may be largely spoilt--<>r to an equal extent
enhanced-through the medium of the style one
affects when dressing the hair. Thus I know
that when I am wearing a gown that would respond
to the modiste's description of "distinctive and
ele<Yant," my curls must not be allowed to stray
to; freely round my ears, a-L.d the "knot" must
give that a.ir of superiority which one naturally
\
associates with "distinction." Again, if I am
portraying an everyday type of girl-just the
tyPical English heroine role-1 am allowed to
let the curls and the waves go their own sweet
way, as long as they do not overstep the bounds of
propriety.
The easiest of all demands to meet is that which
my producer makes when 1 am lucky enough to
be cast for a role of the type whichJeads him to
say: "Let your hair down in a plait, please, Miss
White-just easy and naturally." Then 1 am
happy, for I need not attempt to cover my head
with dignity, or piainness, or severity. 1 have
merely to plait my hair-and my task is through.
E ILEEN DENNES, the new member of the
. Hepworth stock company of players, is an
accomplished horsewoman, having spent som~e
in California, where one needs to be a horse-lover
to appreciate to the full the joys of being alive;
and Walton·on·Thames residents are already
becoming familiar with a trim, dainty figure, riding
astride and bare-back, clad in riding breeches,
gaiters and a smock., as she indulges in her favourite
recreation of cantering through the lanes and over
the lovely Surrey Hills.
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LOVELY little Betty Compson, who has forsaken
CQCQledy and leapt to a very different kind of
fame in the eomplieated character of Rose in
The MirllCle .Man, has had a very varied career,
and fully deserves every ounce of success she has
a.ttained.. Bom m Beaver, Utah, her parents took
her wbile £he 'W'1S still a baby to a silver mining
district, where her playfellows were the big ore
workers, her playground a slag dump. Next she
studied the violin at Salt Lake City, and on the
death of her fa.ther got work in the orchestra of a
vaudeville show. One night a "turn" faired to
show up, and Betty went on in a violin number­dressed
as a ragged street urchin, because her ward­r.
obe didn't contain any fine feathers. Her little act
was successful, and she got some bookings for it.
Then AI Christie asked her to try pictures, and she
played in Christie Comedies for four years; then
did some" Westerns." She was playing a character
lead, riding a redwood log down the middle of a
river, battling with the curtent, soaked through
and tired out, while a man on the bank fired a
revolver at her. When she reached the bank, and
was getting dried and bandaged, she was told that
George Loane Tucker wanted to see her that
evening. That interview resulted in her being
chosen for the lead in The Miracle Man.
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~ tOnsw.ncp.bvr/&n
D PRJ,NG a recent chat with H'l.rry Ham, he
told me that Marshall l\eilan, the famous
Am('rican actor· producer, is shortly coming here
to make pictures, bringing "ith him sweet
Marjorie Daw, little 1Vesley Barry and ColleC'n
1I100re. !\Iiss Daw, a pretty, vivacious girl of
about seventeen summprs, v.ith light brown hair
and hazel eyes, has already made her name on
the screen ,,·h ile playing in the States; in faet,
I ('xp('ct yOll know her \Yell in quite a number of
pictures with Douglas Fairhank-. She is very
l, cen on riding, swimming and dancing, and pla.vs
the piano ,Ielightfully. The 6Nt of her cew
picture3 to be made i~, I belipve, Rit'~r' 8 FJ !ld.
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T WELVE.YEAR-OLn Wesley Ban), bids fait·
to become a great screen star some day. He
is a special protege of of Marsha.ll Neilan, who
recognized the little chap'S remarkable ability,
and has gl"Bat plans for him. You will doubtless
remember his delightful performance in Daddy
Long L€(f-~, for everyone wa~ enthu,iastic o\'er the
"cleyer little freckled boy." Success, I am told,
isn't spoiling him in the lpast, for he is a Ycry
unaffccted, charming little laddie. We sha.ll look
forward with keen interest to seeing thi~ clever boy
in. some "Penrod" storips, and .he is to play in
II hy lJIarry f with Colleen Moore.
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M ARSHALL NEILAN himself needs no
introduct.ion to English film lowrs, for the
good-looking, keen· faced young picture genius i3
so ,,,ell known on the screen, both by his fine
wOl·k in leading roles, and as fl> producer of exccp·
tional merit. Just reeen tlv wc ho,ye seen him as
Jimmy McBride in Daddy Long Le!lS, the brilliant
euccess which he also directed. Harry Ham, too,
is a particularly chan1'ing person:>lity-as I
daresay you have surmised from seeing him on
the screen, and, as he ,,·ill be working with :Marshall
Neila!l, let us hope that we shall again have that
pleasure.
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M ORF. than usually beautiful ate the s("cni0
effects in the Mer<:anton film, '1'he C!1Zt of
the Blood, recently shown to the trade. It is a
picture version of Robert Hichens' bmous nm·el
of the same name, and those who haye read it
will look forward to seeing the ruggedly picturesque
Sicilian scenery which the author so graphically
described in his book, and which the film now
places before our eyos with many exquisitely
artistic effectd and photographic triumphs. A
torchlight procession through the village, and a
DOX:YIE HILL
PREFERS GOLF TO PLAYING IN PICTUR:=
firework display with Sf.t pieces, are so finelv
depicted aa to merit special prai."e; alBo, the very
hcautiful night sea, scene, with a boat just emerging
from the shadows of the caves, when Mauri!'.e
Delarey-the young Englishman with Sicilian
ancestry, who finds himself unable to resist "the
cali of the blood "-spends a golden hour with the
tcautiful, passiona.te·natured, young Sicilian
pea.sant girl, Madd~lena, forgetful of hi~ own
lovely wife.
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I "OR NOVELLO has won instant Sl1cce,s in
his first screen portrayal. Both in appearance
and personality he brings Hiehens' conception of
~Iaurice Delarey-handsome, boyishly impulsive
and romantic-to life on the screen, and his 1(J7e
scenes with Maddalena were magnificent, instinct
with a pa.ssionatc tenderness and abandon, and it
is good news that he intends to devote as much
time as po~sible to film work. His entrance intu
pictures holds a touch of romance, for prior to the,
production cf The Call of the Blood, :Mi. Mcrcanton
had heen vainly searching for the man who realized
his ideal of Maurice. One day he happened to take
up Ivor Novello's photo, and said there was th e'
man he wanted. He was told that it was I vor
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~" N'"E fIv\ (0 ir l:'u I\ES - "" (-'"~ ";,' . ...\ " ~\.. \\.". ... , ... " ~'-" ..
MISS CHRISSIE WHITE.
,The popular
Hepworth
picture player,
tcho can
certainly boast
a "crowning
g!ory."
ONE of the biggest of the many difficulties
with which the film player so often comes in
contact, is the arrangement of her coiffure.
Of course, each part she plays calls for a new, or
distinctive style of hairdressing, and so the film
actress has to make a comprehensive study of the
art of making her "crowning glory" fit in with
the moods and ml\nner~ms pf thll character "he is
creating.
~Iy hair is £o,i .. , and h"8 just sufficicnt tcndcnc.y
to curl to make it possible for me to dress It
"prettily" when I am called upon to do all I can
to make the adjuncts of II- smut gcwn or an evening
frock as typical and consistent as possible. But
that is a comparatively simple achievement
comparpd with the demands whieh a "character"
part makes on one. For inIrl;ance, when I was
playing Anne in Towards the Light, I had to strain
my hair back, and no vestige of 11. curl or crinkle
had to appear, the effect w.anted being·that of a.
very simple country girl..-who ha.d no idea of the
cultivation of "style" or how to make the best
of herself, and certainly did not know what a
"onderful asset woman has in the possession of a.
good he~d of hair-diploma.tic.ally managed.
And, just as in the case of hats Sdld gowns, a
coiffure that might appear .alluring ACCording to
its reflection in ypur dressing-room mirror, will
probably photograph very" fiat" and uninteresting,
~nd it takes a film artiste some time to discover
just which twist and which tum is going to make
the difference between a successful and a mundane
screen coiffure.
One has, too, to remember that the effect of a
gown may be largely spoilt--<>r to an equal extent
enhanced-through the medium of the style one
affects when dressing the hair. Thus I know
that when I am wearing a gown that would respond
to the modiste's description of "distinctive and
ele producer of exccp·
tional merit. Just reeen tlv wc ho,ye seen him as
Jimmy McBride in Daddy Long Le!lS, the brilliant
euccess which he also directed. Harry Ham, too,
is a particularly chan1'ing person:>lity-as I
daresay you have surmised from seeing him on
the screen, and, as he ,,·ill be working with :Marshall
Neila!l, let us hope that we shall again have that
pleasure.
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M ORF. than usually beautiful ate the s("cni0
effects in the Mer